Brace myself for another year alone An unfamiliar building on a street of broken homes North winds chill, too cold to sail, I cough it out my lungs If I'm not back by summer tell them I just had enough As I let my half lit cigarette fall down into the street I stomp it out and I think of how the metaphor it speaks To all these incandescent lights and distant city sounds You'd think that I'd have found a better way by now I'm not running away We've all been chasing the summer We all try to hide from the rain Black clouds might break tomorrow All these colors that I Just can't help that I'm missing Something that's bigger than I Just can't find in my hometown If I choose to fade away I feel it pulling every day What the fuck have I been doing I let my pride get in the way But I did it to myself And now my bones are wearing weak Think about the day when I reminisce About the friends I had back east And one day when I stand tall With the ocean at my feet For the surface, it was worth it All this time spent underneath I'm not running away We've all been chasing the summer We all try to hide from the rain Black clouds might break tomorrow All these colors that I Just can't help that I'm missing Something that's bigger than I Just can't find in my hometown Toxic eyes on you, the stage is set Put your face on, this is sick success Make believe, this wasn't all you ever hoped for Make your escape and never waste another day So stop running away We've all been chasing the summer We all try to hide from the rain Black clouds might break tomorrow All these colors that I Just can't help that I'm missing Something that's bigger than I Just can't find in my hometown So fall down